Charvieu-Chavagneux

Charvieu-Chavagneux is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.

Charvieu-Chavagneux
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Charvieu-Chavagneux
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Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 5°09′53″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	Charvieu-Chavagneux
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Gérard Dezempte
Area ^1	8.65 km^2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	9,661
• Density	1,100/km^2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38085 /38230
Elevation	200–251 m (656–823 ft) (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Bourbre forms most of the commune's eastern border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	168	—
1800	119	−29.2%
1821	283	+137.8%
1831	308	+8.8%
1841	418	+35.7%
1851	470	+12.4%
1861	485	+3.2%
1872	811	+67.2%
1881	348	−57.1%
1891	441	+26.7%
1901	743	+68.5%
1911	1,160	+56.1%
1921	1,945	+67.7%
1931	2,090	+7.5%
1946	2,056	−1.6%
1954	2,455	+19.4%
1962	3,045	+24.0%
1968	3,691	+21.2%
1975	6,470	+75.3%
1982	6,804	+5.2%
1990	8,126	+19.4%
1999	7,889	−2.9%
2011	7,950	+0.8%

Personalities

• Jean Djorkaeff, professional football player
• Roger Girerd, mass murderer
• Edward Stachura, Polish poet, philosopher and prose writer

International relations

The commune is twinned with:

• Nauheim, Germany
• Nole, Italy
• Korosten, Ukraine

See also

• Communes of the Isère department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.